Combined thread holder and cutter



(No ModeL) D. L. BABCGGK. COMBINED THREAD HOLDER AND GUTTER. No.248,691.

Patenized` Oct., 25, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L. BABOOUK, OF ST. CHARLES, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED THREAD HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,691, dated October25, 1881.

Application led November i2, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID L. BABcocK, of St. Charles, in the countyofWinona and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sewing Machine Attachments, being a Combined ThreadHolder and Cutter, of which the following is a specication.

The object ot' this inventionis to furnish a device for cutting thethreads and for holding the ends of the threads which remain in themachine with the slack always taken up, so constructed as to beapplicable to all machines and capable of being used with nearly allmodern attachments.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis aperspective view; and Fig. 2is a similar View, showing a modiiication.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in both gures.

Referring to Fig. 1, a represents the presserbar of a sewing-machine,which is provided with a transverse perforation, usually eniployed orreserved for a so-called quilting77 attachment, but in which 'myimproveddevice is at present shown secured by a set-screw, b.

My said device or attachment consists of a spring-coil, c, so shaped andconstructed as t0 bring two bars,ff, straight, or nearly so, parallel toand in contact with each other, their upper ends being bent apart, asshown, so as to receive the threads and hold the ends when severed.

d represents an oblique knife or cutter attached to or formed upon thethread-holder, as shown, so as to sever the thread by a downward motionof the hand of the operator.

c represents the shank by which the device is attached to thepresser-bar.

Fig. 2 ot' the drawings illustrates a similar device,manut'actured ofplate metal and adapted to be clamped upon the presser-bar of themachine. The shape of the spring is, owing to the nature of the materialemployed, somewhat changed, but the operation is the same.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent ot' the United States- The combination, with thefoot-bar, ot' the coil c, forming a spring thread-holder having knife 0rcutter d, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of August, 1880.

DAVID L. BABOOOK.

Witnesses:

G. HILL, C. J. WOODARD.

